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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love Dave Chapell, but what I like best about him is his refusal to allow a developer and politicians bring section 8 housing to his community.  Why? He, as a black man, who came from poverty and section 8 neighborhoods, he said he worked hard to get away from that life and was not going back.  He understands the culture and history better than most, how did he stop it?  He purchased the land the developer was going to use and kept it for himself and his community.  I don't care what you call me, and I do not live in Chevy Chase, but I would fight it with all my might.  I with Chapelle on this, difference is I am not afraid to say it, as he was not.[/quote]

There is no proposal for Section 8 housing, although one of your compatriots did propose building 100% income restricted housing upthread as a way to justify a smaller building. Maybe y'all should focus on one strategy or the other; throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks just reinforces the impression that it's nothing but good old racism underneath all your indignation and window dressing.[/quote]

I really hate when these conversations devolve into “so basically you’re a racist” accusations. These are complicated issues and as someone upthread mentioned, many people are asking questions and asserting their rights, which another poster affirmed was the democratic process as work. At least these kinds of debates are on the substance of the issue, whatever your take on what the outcome should be.

It brings to mind the school reopening debates and how that became one side pushing to reopen schools and the other side saying such a request was simply racist, which effectively made a lot of guilty white liberals shut up. I think it’s a disingenuous ploy to immobilize some of the opposition without responding to the substance.

I don’t have a dog in this fight (I don’t even live in DC anymore) but maybe for once we could accept that people will have differing views on affordable housing proposals that may not be based on racist views?[/quote]

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